“Light and Her Shadow” was born on a flight to Nashville. I was flying down to do some writing with friends and co-writers. I was reading Seamus Heaney and saw an interesting phrase. I believe it was membrane between light and shadow.. and I loved the image that the phrase invoked. I wrote it down and started turning the phrase around in my head to see if there was something there.. I finally settled on Between the Light and Her Shadow... and wrote the phrase down.
Over the next few days in writing sessions I brought the phrase out and got this ‘deer in the headlights’ looks from my co-writers.. actually a lot of my ideas got the same look.. lol.
I had a great time on that trip and wrote a number of cool tunes.. but nothing using that idea.
We have this Blockbuster online account that floods us with movies whether we want to watch them or not. While that’s another journal entry, we had a Roberto Benigni movie the following week where he imagines his life without his love.. and suddenly the idea and the hook connected and “Light and Her Shadow” came together.
(Incidentally, there is a little more to the story. Originally the song was composed with 3 verses and a bridge...which is problematic as far as songwriting goes.. (named “In Between”) The current version was pared down from the original and currently has drawn some interest for use in television soundtracks.)
Enjoy. Thanks for listening (and reading)
Listen to Light And Her Shadow
Tim
Over the next few days in writing sessions I brought the phrase out and got this ‘deer in the headlights’ looks from my co-writers.. actually a lot of my ideas got the same look.. lol.
I had a great time on that trip and wrote a number of cool tunes.. but nothing using that idea.
We have this Blockbuster online account that floods us with movies whether we want to watch them or not. While that’s another journal entry, we had a Roberto Benigni movie the following week where he imagines his life without his love.. and suddenly the idea and the hook connected and “Light and Her Shadow” came together.
(Incidentally, there is a little more to the story. Originally the song was composed with 3 verses and a bridge...which is problematic as far as songwriting goes.. (named “In Between”) The current version was pared down from the original and currently has drawn some interest for use in television soundtracks.)
Enjoy. Thanks for listening (and reading)
Listen to Light And Her Shadow
Tim
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